I think no one in their right mind would fill a glass with it -- except for demonstration purposes -- below Minneapolis/St. Paul. (I've seen it there -- it is still mostly clear. On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 12:44 PM Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I suspect I could search this out in his autobiography but Twain-L may > be quicker - Did he ever mention drinking Mississippi River water? If > so, when might this have occurred? This is certainly not something > anyone would choose to do today but in the eighteenth (pre-industrial) > century this was considered as quite healthful. > > -- > /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/ >